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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Goodbye Old Friend

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2008

Here
is my sweet pooch Flash, in his prime some years ago, when I
imagined he would be with me forever. And so it has seemed as he forged
ahead on his 19 and a half year adventure. Three weeks ago I had to
make the decision to send him on his way, realizing that in the last few
months I've kept him going more for myself than his own comfort. It was
the hardest thing I've done and so sad to say goodbye - what a wonderful
friend he has been. He's traveled the country on trains, planes, boats
and automobiles; dined on the finest road kill between here and Perth;
he has gotten me into trouble with housemates, shop keepers, goat
farmers and random pedestrians; he's humped everything from woolly
jumpers to outraged kelpies; he has fallen in and out of love; moved
house too many times and hardly ever done what he was told; he has
protected fiercely and loved devotedly. Some part of his white shaggy body is present in pretty much every photo from 1997 to last month. Happy journeys Flashy boy.

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